We need your help selecting the top two businesses in the categories below. Here’s what you need to know.

Who can vote: Everyone with email who loves and supports their local businesses. You don't have to be a subscriber to vote.

When can I vote? Right now! Voting is open and continues through 5 p.m. Monday, April 16.

How do I vote? Voters will need to sign in with their email address in order to vote. If you’ve never created an account with one of our Second Street contests before, you will need to create one. You will be voting to determine the Top 2 finalists in each category.

How reliable is the voting? Email registration acts as a security buffer than ensures malicious computer geeks can’t rig the contest. We will not, however, be able to stop people from using multiple email addresses to vote multiple times per day. But since everyone has the opportunity to cheat in the same way, it shouldn’t affect voting in the end!

How often can I vote? Readers can vote once per day in each category. The vote registers immediately after you click the “vote” button – you don’t have to complete the whole ballot.

Is it too late to get on the ballot? Nope. There are a couple of ways businesses can rake in votes on the Demo ballot. The first is to rally your friends, customers and neighbors to vote for your business by writing it in the appropriate category. Promote the ballot on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Snapchat — you name it. Hang up some posters. Hand out handbills. Talk it up at cocktail parties. Yell about it from rooftops. You can give your business a boost by contacting Advertising Director Cari Thro at 850-599-2189 or cthro@tallahassee.com. She can help get your business and logo listed on the ballot. Whether readers are clicking or writing in, both count equally when we tally the votes.

When are the Demo Awards? Thursday, June 14. With the Pavilion at the Centre of Tallahassee as a backdrop, attendees to this ticketed event will be able to see, touch and taste the best that area businesses have to offer. The two finalists, as chosen by the community at Tallahassee.com/Demo, will go head to head in a friendly rivalry. Those attending will decide the best of the best by voting for their favorite using poker chips that will be provided with the cost of admission. Buy tickets at Tickets.Tallahassee.com starting in mid-April.

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The Second Annual Demo Awards at the Centre of Tallahassee

As one of the top two vote-getters, why should I participate in the live event? The event leads future customers to your business. The difference between the Demo's and other readers’ choice contests is that the community will be able to experience what makes your business special.

What do winners get? Aside from some major bragging rights and a Demo Award trophy, winners will get a framed and customized front page celebrating their victory as one of Tallahassee’s top businesses.